Improvement in fences



N-IPEYERS. PHDTU-LITHOGRAPHsR, WASHINGTON. D CV @anni Ghiiiiiw- THOMASWESTERMAN, OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, PENNsYLVmvA.V

Letters Patent No. 94,262, dated August 3K1, 1869.

IMPRO'VEMENT IN FENCES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesanne.l

To all whom it 'may concern Beit known that I, THOMAS WESTERMAN, ofGlinton township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Fence; and

I- db hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact-description thereof, reference beiughad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of refer ence marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the panels of a zigzag'feucewith braces arranged with relation to the fence, as hereinafterdescribed.

To enable others skilledfin the art to-make and use my invention, I willproceed to desclibe its construe# tion and operation.

- .lhe panels are composed of posts 2 and rails l.

The rails are provided with notches 3, as represented in iig. 3. Therails 1 are secured to the posts 2 by means ot' nails, as inconstructing ordinary board-fence.

The notches 3, in the rails 1, are used for the purpose of looping7 orlocking the panels',l together, asl

shown at x', in rigs. 1 and 2.

0 represents a brace, which is secured on the upper rails, extendingacross the angle formed by thej unction of the panels. r The brace C is'notched out at each end, so that it ,will extend down below the topredgeof the upper rails of panels A and B, and is arranged with relation tothe posts and angle in the fence, as shown iu figs. 1 and 2.

The brace may be secured iI position by nailing'it to the'posts 2, if itis so desired. y

D represents a rod, with hooked ends, which hook .into staples x, asshown in fig. 2.

Theadvantage of bracing the panels of a zigzag fence by means and in themanner herein described are two-fold: rst, it forms acheap and efficientbrace, and holds the panels of fence, constructed as herein described,in a very rm and fixed position; second, it prevents cattle and otheranimals from jumping the fence,7 which is a very great considerationwith farmers. l

I wish it clearly understood that I do not claim' broadly notches tntherails of a panel-fence.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of myimprovement,

What I claim as of my invention, isf l Providing the rails -1 withnotches 3, one notch being in the upper edge and the other notch in thelower edge of the rails, and -used in combination with the braces O andD, for bracing the panels A and B, as

herein described. THOMAS WESTERMAN.

Witnesses:

J Amis J. JOHNSTON,

J. S. vlldoMrnLnv.

